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State treasurer candidates weigh in on campaigns

There are three men who want to represent the state of Nebraska in the treasurer’s office: Republican incumbent Don Stenberg, Democrat Michael O’Hara and Libertarian candidate Michael Knebel.

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Updated: 6:23 PM CDT Oct 31, 2014

State treasurer candidates weigh in on campaigns

There are three men who want to represent the state of Nebraska in the treasurer’s office: Republican incumbent Don Stenberg, Democrat Michael O’Hara and Libertarian candidate Michael Knebel.

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Updated: 6:23 PM CDT Oct 31, 2014

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WEBVTT NOW TO OUR COMMITMENT TO KEEP YOU INFORMED.. AHEAD OF TUESDAY'S GENERAL ELECTION. THREE-MEN WANT TO SERVE THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, AS TREASURER. REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT, DON STENBERG.. DEMOCRAT MICHAEL O'HARA.. AND LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE MICHAEL SEVEN'S KRISTYNA ENGDAHL INTRODUCES US IN THIS COMMITMENT 2014 REPORT. REPUBLICAN DON STENBERG WANTS TO SERVE FOUR-MORE YEARS AS STATE TREASURER.(Don stenberg (r)/incumbent, running for ne state treasurer: "in my first four years, we've returned over 34 million dollars in unclaimed property to over 54,000 nebraskans") HE SAYS HE'S SAVED THE STATE MONEY .. WHILE ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO SAVE. STENBERG SAYS HE'S áASKED TO TWO-POINT EIGHT-MILLION DOLLARS WORTH. HE'S PROUD OF HIS WORK - IN BUILDING THE 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN.(Don stenberg (r)/incumbent, running for ne state treasurer: "we now have 220,000 accounts nationwide, 64k of those are nebraskans. we've increased the assets from about $2.4 billion to DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER.. MICHAEL O'HARA SAYS THE OFFICE COULD BE MORE EFFICIENT - WHEN IT COMES TO RETURNING UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.(Michael O'Hara /(D)running for ne state treasurer: "how often it is to find you and we have a military base and they tend to move quite a bit. I'd like to focus on returning money, particularly to the military base") THE U-N-O BUSINESS PROFESSOR HAS SERVED AS TREASURER ON O-P-P-D'S BOARD. O'HARA SAYS HE KNOWS CASH MANAGEMENT.(Michael O'Hara /(D) running for ne state treasurer: "there's certainly many opportunities for improvement") HE'S FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE TREASURER'S WEBSITE. IT'S NATIONALLY GRADED AS A 'B' - HE WANTS IT TO BE AN 'A.' TECHNOLOGY IS A CONCERN OF LIBERTARIAN MICHAEL KNEBEL.(Michael KNEBEL /(L)running for ne state treasurer: "in a world where we can take a picture of a check, and deposit it to our bank account, we should be able to get on our phone or our ipad and with a few swipes, and verifications, get the property sent back to us") KNEBEL WANTS A MORE PROACTIVE APPROACH TO RETURNING UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. HE'S BEEN HELPING PEOPLE MANAGE THEIR FINANCES SINCE 2006.(Michael KNEBEL /(L) running for ne state treasurer: "I understand what young nebraskans are going through, what families are going through") ALL OF THEM - JUST WANT TO HELP - REPRESENT YOU - AS STATE TREASURER. WITH YOU COMMITMENT 2014 REPORT .. JOHN OAKEY.. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN.

State treasurer candidates weigh in on campaigns

There are three men who want to represent the state of Nebraska in the treasurer’s office: Republican incumbent Don Stenberg, Democrat Michael O’Hara and Libertarian candidate Michael Knebel.